The Water Ghost and Others
| First published | 1894 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Harper & Brothers |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Type | Collection |
| Pages | 296 |
| Price | $1.25 |
Eight stories originally published in Harper's Weekly, 1891 to 1893. At least the first edition (American Story-Tellers series) includes the original illustrations, if any, and no others, reproduced as full-page. Most or all by A. B. Frost.
Bangs was humor editor of multiple Harper magazines from 1889 to 1900
-- Wikipedia
"contains his best work"
-- SFE: Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997)
1st ed.
LCCN links e-copy at HathiTrust Digital Library (HDL) and {{OCLC|223272}}
Publ date and price from notices Harper's Weekly 1894-08-25 p811, 816
-- "16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1 25. (Ready August 24.)"
-- one of two new titles in the American Story-Tellers series, apparently the 5th and 6th issues; one of 15 Books of the Season
HDL (catalog record) provides full view of 4 copies (all state 1894 both title and copyright pages; three with original cover, otherwise apparently identical, that from U California probably best)
-- cover navy blue cloth with gold and silver stamped lettering and design, as "John K. Bangs"
-- title page "John Kendrick Bangs"; "Illustrated" (no credit)
-- unnumbered front pages include Illustrations, lists 41, frontispiece plus 40 (b/w, two media, each on one leaf included in the pagination)
Illustrations are all and only those from the original magazine publications (see the stories for information):
4 stories only; all originally credited to "A. B. Frost", none credited here; many signed "F", "A.B.F.", or "A.B.Frost"
| Year | Reviewer | Publication |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Dick Lupoff | Algol, #12 |
| 1983 | Everett F. Bleiler | The Guide to Supernatural Fiction |
| 1991 | Everett F. Bleiler | Science Fiction: The Early Years |
| Page | Title | Author(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall | John Kendrick Bangs | Short Story |
| 20 | The Spectre Cook of Bangletop | John Kendrick Bangs | Novelette |
| 104 | The Speck on the Lens | John Kendrick Bangs | Short Story |
| 121 | A Midnight Visitor | John Kendrick Bangs | Short Story |
| 165 | A Quicksilver Cassandra | John Kendrick Bangs | Short Story |
| 174 | The Ghost Club | John Kendrick Bangs | Novelette |
| 233 | A Psychical Prank | John Kendrick Bangs | Short Story |
| 247 | The Literary Remains of Thomas Bragdon | John Kendrick Bangs | Novelette |
| Title | Year | Publisher | Format | Type | Catalog ID | Cover Artist | Pages | |
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| The Water Ghost and Others | 1968 | Garrett Press | Hardcover | Collection | 296 | |||
| The Water Ghost and Others | 2005 | Project Gutenberg | eBook | Collection | 8377 | |||
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2007 | BiblioBazaar | Trade Paperback | Collection | 112 | ||
| The Water Ghost and Others | 2010 | Nabu Press | Trade Paperback | Collection | 310 | |||
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2010 | Wildside Press | Trade Paperback | Collection | 308 | ||
| The Water Ghost and Others | 2013 | LibriVox | digital audio download | Collection |